فَتىthe youth العَقلِof intellect وَالنَغمَةِand melody العالِيَهlofty
فَتى العَقلِ وَالنَغمَةِ العالِيَه
مَضىpassed away وَمَحاسِنَهُand his merits باقِيَهenduring
مَضى وَمَحاسِنَهُ باقِيَه
The youth of intellect and lofty melody
The youth of wisdom and sublime melody
Has passed away, but his merits endure.
Has passed, though his virtues remain
فَلاso no سوقَةٌcommoner لَمnot تَكُنwas أُنسَهُhis comfort
فَلا سوقَةٌ لَم تَكُن أُنسَهُ
وَلاand no مَلِكٌking لَمnot تَزِنadorned نادِيَهhis gathering
وَلا مَلِكٌ لَم تَزِن نادِيَه
So there was no commoner it did not comfort,
No marketplace that was not his companion
Nor king whose gathering it did not grace.
No king whose assembly did not weigh his chant
وَلَمand not تَخلُwas empty مِنof طيبِهاits fragrance بَلدَةٌa town
وَلَم تَخلُ مِن طيبِها بَلدَةٌ
وَلَمand not تَخلُwas empty مِنof ذِكرِهاmention of it ناحِيَهa region
وَلَم تَخلُ مِن ذِكرِها ناحِيَه
And no town was without its fragrance,
No town was devoid of his goodness
And no region lacked word of it.
No region devoid of his mention
يَكادُhe almost إِذاwhen هُوَhe غَنّىsang to الوَرىhumankind
يَكادُ إِذا هُوَ غَنّى الوَرى
بِقافِيَةٍwith a rhyme يُنطِقُgives voice to القافِيَهthe rhyme
بِقافِيَةٍ يُنطِقُ القافِيَه
Whenever he sang to humankind, he almost
When he sang, he almost made
Made rhyme itself speak with a rhyme.
The cosmos speak in rhyme
يَتيهُvaunts itself عَلىover الماسِdiamonds بَعضُsome النُحاسِcopper
يَتيهُ عَلى الماسِ بَعضُ النُحاسِ
إِذاwhen ضَمَّholds أَلحانَهُhis melodies الغالِيَهprecious
إِذا ضَمَّ أَلحانَهُ الغالِيَه
Some copper vaunts itself above diamonds
Some of the worthless are confused
When it holds his precious melodies.
By his lofty compositions
وَتَحكُمُand hold sway فيin النَفسِthe soul أَوتارُهُhis strings
وَتَحكُمُ في النَفسِ أَوتارُهُ
عَلىupon العودِthe oud ناطِقَةًspeaking حاكِيَهrecounting
عَلى العودِ ناطِقَةً حاكِيَه
And his strings hold sway over the soul,
His strings rule the soul
Upon the oud, speaking and recounting;
Speaking on the oud mimicingly
وَتَبلُغُand reach مَوضِعَthe seat أَوطارِهاits desires
وَتَبلُغُ مَوضِعَ أَوطارِها
وَتُفشيand reveal سَريرَتَهاits inner secret الخافِيَهhidden
وَتُفشي سَريرَتَها الخافِيَه
And reach the seat of its desires,
And reach the place of his pearls
And reveal its hidden secret.
And reveal his hidden mysteries
وَكَمand how many آيَةٍa marvel فيamong الأَغانيthe songs لَهُof his
وَكَم آيَةٍ في الأَغاني لَهُ
هِيَit الشَمسُthe sun لَيسَthere is not لَهاfor it ثانِيَهa second
هِيَ الشَمسُ لَيسَ لَها ثانِيَه
And how many a marvel he has among his songs—
And how many signs in his songs
Each is the sun, with no second.
They are the sun, unmatched
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَنادىcall to one another بِهاwith it العارِفونَthe connoisseurs
إِذا ما تَنادى بِها العارِفونَ
قُلِsay البَرقُlightning وَالرَعدُand thunder مِنfrom غادِيَهa morning raincloud
قُلِ البَرقُ وَالرَعدُ مِن غادِيَه
When connoisseurs call it out to one another,
When the gnostics whisper them
Say: lightning and thunder from a morning raincloud.
Say: The lightning and thunder are from the clouds
فَإِنbut if هَمَسواthey whisper بَعدَafter جَهرٍsounding aloud بِهاwith it
فَإِن هَمَسوا بَعدَ جَهرٍ بِها
فَخَفقُthen the soft clinking الحُلِيِّthe jewelry عَلىupon الغانِيَهthe beautiful woman
فَخَفقُ الحُلِيِّ عَلى الغانِيَه
But if they whisper it after sounding it aloud,
And if they whisper after loudness
Then it is the soft clink of jewels upon a beauty.
The swaying of adornments upon the singer
لَقَدindeed شابَgrew gray فَرديVerdi وَجازَand passed beyond المَشيبَold age
لَقَد شابَ فَردي وَجازَ المَشيبَ
وَعَيداand Aida شَبيبَتُهاher youth زاهِيَهradiant
وَعَيدا شَبيبَتُها زاهِيَه
Verdi indeed grew gray and passed beyond old age,
Indeed, my hair has turned white and youthfulness has faded
Yet Aida's youth remains radiant.
Yet its celebration remains lively
تُمَثِّلُportrays مِصرَEgypt لِهَذاfor this الزَمانِage
تُمَثِّلُ مِصرَ لِهَذا الزَمانِ
كَماas هِيَit فيin الأَعصُرِthe ages الخالِيَهbygone
كَما هِيَ في الأَعصُرِ الخالِيَه
She portrays Egypt for the present age
It represents Egypt in this time
As it was in ages gone by.
As it was in eras past
وَنَذكُرُand we recall تِلكَthose اللَياليnights بِهاthrough her
وَنَذكُرُ تِلكَ اللَيالي بِها
وَنَنشُدُand we seek تِلكَthose الرُؤىvisions السارِيَهtraveling by night
وَنَنشُدُ تِلكَ الرُؤى السارِيَه
And through her we recall those nights,
And we recall those nights through it
And we seek those night-wandering visions.
And chant those visions that flowed
وَنَبكيand we weep عَلىfor عِزِّناour glory المُنقَضيvanished
وَنَبكي عَلى عِزِّنا المُنقَضي
وَنَندُبُand we mourn أَيّامَناour days الماضِيَهbygone
وَنَندُبُ أَيّامَنا الماضِيَه
And we weep for our vanished glory,
And weep over our lost glory
And we mourn our bygone days.
And mourn our bygone days
فَياso, O آلَfamily of فَرديVerdi نُعَزّيكُمُwe offer you condolences
فَيا آلَ فَردي نُعَزّيكُمُ
وَنَبكيand we weep مَعَwith الأُسرَةِthe family الباكِيَهweeping
وَنَبكي مَعَ الأُسرَةِ الباكِيَه
So, O family of Verdi, we offer you condolences,
Oh House of Farid, we condole you
And we weep with the family in tears.
And weep with the grieving family
فَقَدناwe have lost بِمَفقودِكُمin the one you lost شاعِراًa poet
فَقَدنا بِمَفقودِكُم شاعِراً
يَقِلُّfalls short الزَمانُtime لَهُfor him راوِيَهas a narrator
يَقِلُّ الزَمانُ لَهُ راوِيَه
In the one you lost, we have lost a poet
For in your loss, we lost a poet
For whom time falls short as a narrator.
Whose equal time will scarcely find
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.